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Date: 04/14/2004 10:20 AM

Name: James Sinclair (wired00001@nurfherder.com)

Subject: A Move to Block Gmail Service

Personally, I think that this whole thing has gotten out of hand ("A Move to Block Gmail Service," April 13, 2004). This is not a place for the government to step in and protect people. The service hasn't been launched publicly yet and everyone already knows about the mail scanning and targeted ads. Google is being very up-front and honest about it. If you ask me, the solution is simple: If you don't like it, don't sign up. Google is not the only company offering 1 GB of e-mail storage; they're just one of the few offering it without requiring you pay them with actual money.

I think it's a beautiful irony that the story has Google ads at the bottom. Oh, and look, they're targeted at keywords in the story!

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Date: 04/14/2004 09:14 AM

Name: Tom Henningson (thenningson@email.it)

Subject: A Move to Block Gmail Service

The best way to avoid any issues is for you and your friends to use encryption on e-mail ("A Move to Block Gmail Service," April 13, 2004). That way, Google can't make any sense of your e-mail and there will be no privacy issues. I'll take the free 1 GB over Hotmail's free 2 MB any day.

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Date: 04/14/2004 08:39 AM

Name: Ben (toothman98@hotmail.com)

Subject: Diesels Rolling Back Into U.S.

Your article really glossed over the major factor when it comes to making the decision to buy a diesel – the mileage ("Diesels Rolling Back Into U.S.," April 14, 2004). The one mileage you quoted was for a Passat with a huge engine. You should note that the GTI, Golf and Jetta all get 50 mpg on the highway and 42 in the city. If people could see those numbers, you might see a larger increase in sales of diesel autos.

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Date: 04/13/2004 06:40 AM

Name: Dave Rubin (old_salt47@hotmail.com)

Subject: RIAA Singing the Same Old Song

Tell the RIAA to watch MTV's Cribs show and then they'll see why no one gives a hoot about their poor 7 to 9 percent sales decline ("RIAA Singing the Same Old Song," April 12, 2004). If they weren't so greedy in the first place and offered reasonable prices, people would buy more. The fact that most new artists today aren't very talented doesn't help either. Just the thought of Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears as artists makes me squeamish. I won't buy any more CDs till they stop the lawsuits. I just listen to the radio.